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mx id: 1183 | OBO id: HAO:0000916 | URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HAO_0000916
scutellar fovea synonyms: anterior fovea of scutellum, anterior scutellar pit
Defined (both definition and relationships must be met)
Definition:
The depression that is medially located on the scutoscutellar suture.
written by: Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..

Relationships / properties:
The scutellar fovea is a depression.
The scutellar fovea is part of the cuticle. The scutellar fovea is part of the mesoscutellum.

Figures
Entomacis mellipetiolata (Ashmead)
Copyright ©Matthew J. Yoder

Label usage (sensu)
scutellar fovea by Ronquist, F., and G. Nordlander. 1989. Skeletal morphology of an archaic cynipoid, Ibalia rufipes (Hymenoptera: Ibaliidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement 33:1-60.
anterior scutellar pit by Curators, H. A. O. 2009. The Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology Curation Team. Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology.
scutellar fovea by Buffington, M. 2007. The occurence and phylogenetic implications of the ovipositor clip with the Figitidae. Journal of Natural History 41:33-36.
scutellar fovea by Deans, A. R. 2009. HAO curator..
anterior fovea of scutellum by Nordlander, G. 1981. A review of the genus Trybliographa, Förster 1869. Entomologica Scandinavica 12:381-402.
Comments and tags
alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Istvan Miko
Paired structure resulting in the division of the scutoscutellar sulcus by the anterior septum of the scutellar plate; narrow to wide obliquely angled linear to semicircular impressions.
  Reference: Buffington, M. L. 2009. Description, circumscription and phylogenetics of the new tribe Zaeucoilini (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), including a description of a new genus . Systematic Entomology 34:162-187.
  Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added about 10 years ago by Istvan Miko
The depressed area that separates the mesoscutellum from the axillae, and is more or less sharply delineated and is usually limited laterally by the lateral bars of the scutellum and medially by the median septum of the scutellum.
  Reference: Buffington, M., and M. Forshage. 2014. The description of Garudella Buffington and Forshage, new genus (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)..
  Cross reference: None provided.

alternative definition added over 14 years ago by Andy Deans
the submedian, anterodorsal impressed area of the scutellum
  Reference: Ronquist, F., and G. Nordlander. 1989. Skeletal morphology of an archaic cynipoid, Ibalia rufipes (Hymenoptera: Ibaliidae). Entomologica Scandinavica, Supplement 33:1-60.
  Cross reference: None provided.


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